diff --git a/fs/statfs.c b/fs/statfs.c
index f8e832e6f0a2..c219e733f553 100644
--- a/fs/statfs.c
+++ b/fs/statfs.c
@@ -77,10 +77,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_statfs);
 int user_statfs(const char __user *pathname, struct kstatfs *st)
 {
 	struct path path;
-	int error = user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, pathname, LOOKUP_FOLLOW|LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT, &path);
+	int error;
+	unsigned int lookup_flags = LOOKUP_FOLLOW|LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT;
+retry:
+	error = user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, pathname, lookup_flags, &path);
 	if (!error) {
 		error = vfs_statfs(&path, st);
 		path_put(&path);
+		if (retry_estale(error, lookup_flags)) {
+			lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
+			goto retry;
+		}
 	}
 	return error;
 }